Gloria Estefan Quotations

When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to that. But music is my first love. I started singing when I talked.

When most artists walk offstage, they go to a lonely hotel room. I went home to my family. They were there before the show, during and after. It's been great. I never would have done it any other way. I wasn't gonna miss raising my kids. There was no way that was gonna happen.

Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys - is that what you call them? - loved one of my songs and thought I was putting spiritual messages in my music. I'm not religious as such. Dogma and I don't get along.

The '70s were a hot time. You know? I was, like, the most calm of all my friends.

Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

I gotta tell you, my nature is not to be the center of attention.

Fashion is nice, but it's for the fans. If it were up to me, I'd be in a sweat suit!

I strongly feel that we are all connected,

My job as an entertainer is to take you some place else. I love exploring different genres of music to please my fans.